That's how to switch to offline mode after Pocomail has been started. Can I *START* it in offline mode, so it will not do my email checks at startup or any timed checks until I switch it back online. This is what I did in Courier with the /DONTCHECKMAIL command line option.

I could not find a similar command line option for Pocomail. Could this perhaps be done with a script file using the /r command line option? Is there a script command to put it into offline mode? Or would it check my mail anyway before it ran the script?

danielv73 wrote:That's how to switch to offline mode after Pocomail has been started. Can I *START* it in offline mode, so it will not do my email checks at startup or any timed checks until I switch it back online. This is what I did in Courier with the /DONTCHECKMAIL command line option.

You can put it in offline mode by applying the above. Restarting Poco will still be offline.

AFAIK there isn't an offline parameter you can use.
Scripts can only be used while Poco is running, not before.

Although that's not what I was asking for, even that doesn't work as advertised. I put it in offline mode, exit the program, start it again, and it automatically checks the mail at startup even though it says it is offline. What am I doing wrong? Please make it stop!

danielv73 wrote:Although that's not what I was asking for, even that doesn't work as advertised. I put it in offline mode, exit the program, start it again, and it automatically checks the mail at startup even though it says it is offline. What am I doing wrong? Please make it stop!

It does work as advertised, but I guess 'Check mail on startup' is checked under Tools > Options > Startup Options.

danielv73 wrote:Although that's not what I was asking for, even that doesn't work as advertised. I put it in offline mode, exit the program, start it again, and it automatically checks the mail at startup even though it says it is offline. What am I doing wrong? Please make it stop!

It does work as advertised, but I guess 'Check mail on startup' is checked under Tools > Options > Startup Options.

I have the impression that Poco simply doesn't do what danielv73 is looking for, or at least not in the same manner as Courier.

"Offline" is permanently set and "Check mail on start up" is unchecked. I've just made a test and PM nonetheless checks for mail on opening, which is kept offline until I decide which messages to download into the In folder, or permanently delete from the server. Only after this first offline sorting do I click "check" on the menu bar which downloads the selected messages into the appropriate folder(s).

tonnelier wrote:"Offline" is permanently set and "Check mail on start up" is unchecked. I've just made a test and PM nonetheless checks for mail on opening, which is kept offline until I decide which messages to download into the In folder, or permanently delete from the server. Only after this first offline sorting do I click "check" on the menu bar which downloads the selected messages into the appropriate folder(s).

It seems to be different here with Barca Pro. No mail is checked on startup, only program updates.
Can't test it with Poco, but it should be the same.
No IMAP, only POP3.